One case of the patient compliance instruction succeeded in using sign languages to a hearing-impaired patient in kagawa university hospital

• In: Posters E - Natural Products
• At: PSWC, Melbourne (Australia) (2014)
• Type: Poster
• Poster code: PE-023
• By: YUTO, Yukari (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
• Co-author(s): Tomida, Junko (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Isobe, Yoshie (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Yamamoto, Takaaki (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Kawano, Mari (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Tsuji, Shigeko (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Tanaka, Hiroaki (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Kaji, Masato (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Kosaka, Shinji (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  Houchi, Hitoshi (Kagawa University Hospital, Kita, Japan)
  
• Abstract:

  Background　The number of hearing impaired people in Japan is approximately 340,000, which is about 0.1% of the population in Japan. It is estimated that there are about 180,000 hospitals in Japan. On the other hand, there are only a few facilities where medical staffs are working who can communicate using sign languages.
  Aims There is a pharmacist ..

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